Pachamama
Pachamama is the Andean deity representing space-time and the universal energy that connects all things. She is revered as a mother goddess who sustains life in the cosmos and is considered the origin of the Quechua principles of Water, Earth, Sun, and Moon. Pachamama is also described as the wife of Pachacámac and mother of Mama Quilla (the moon goddess) and Inti (the sun god).
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
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Relationships
- co occurs with
- Atabey, Bhumi, Gaia, Goddess I, Mama Ocllo, Mother goddess, Mother Nature, Mama Quilla, Rainbow, Pleiades, Willaq Umu, Pachacuti, Jesus, apu, Ayllu Apu, Apu Manuel Pinta, Llaqta Apu, Apu Mama Simona, Suyu Apu, Apu Salkantay, Apu Ausangate, Tiqsi Apu, Wiraqucha, Tayta Inti, Ttita Wayra, Mama Unu, Mama Ch'aska, Mother Mary, Manco Cápac, Mama Uqllu, Mama Qucha, Imahmana Viracocha, Tocapo Viracocha
- parent of
- Mama Quilla, Allpacamasca, Sumac Ñusta, Inti
- syncretized with
- Virgin Mary, God, Virgin of Candelaria
- consort of
- Pachacámac, Inti
- served by
- Venus
- sibling of
- Inti, Mama Killa
- child of
- Viracocha
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“Bolivian Indigenous Activist: We Must Respect Mother Earth, Our Pachamama – video by Democracy Now!”
#916 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“In a different myth, Inti is the son of the Earth goddess Pachamama and the sky god. Inti also becomes the second husband of Pachamama.”
#927 · extracted by claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
“In the Andean tradition, Pachamama (Cosmic Mother), Wiraqucha (God or Cosmic Father), Tayta Inti (Father Sun), Ttita Wayra (Father Wind), Mama Unu (Mother Water), Mama Killa (Mother Moon) and Mama Ch'aska (Mother Stars) can be seen all over the world, which is why they are known as Tiqsi Apu, meaning "Global Apu".”
#2896 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In one legend he had one son, Inti, and two daughters, Mama Killa and Pachamama.”
#17556 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5